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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this developing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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